Prints and Drawings of Käthe Kollwitz (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (784 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0486221776 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 83 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-01 |
| Language | : | English |
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"The People," in which a mother shields her offspring from phantoms of hate, poverty, and ignorance—and symbolizes woman as creator, begetter of the human race, link between past and future.These works represent the recurrent themes which most characterize the work of Käthe Kollwitz: social consciousness and a sense of the suffering of mankind, an urge to voice the basic maternal attitude, and a preoccupation with death. She has been called a propagandist, a crusader, yet her art is essentially apolitical. These selections provide a full panorama of Mrs. "Death as a Friend," showing a man greeting his death as an old friend, with a hysterical mixture of joy and terror. From the Back Cover"The Weavers," a landmark of class-conscious art, which depicts, in a series of prints, the plight of the worker and his age-long struggle to better his lot. Over 69 of the illustrations have been rephotographed from the original works specially for this edition,
doc peterson said powerful and moving. I've always been drawn (pardon the pun) to German Expressionism, and by extension to the illustrations of Kathe Kollwitz. Zigrosser includes 8powerful and moving I've always been drawn (pardon the pun) to German Expressionism, and by extension to the illustrations of Kathe Kollwitz. Zigrosser includes 83 of her charcoal drawings, etchings and lithography covering most of her artisitic life: the earliest work included here from 1892 ("Greeting" and "Self-portrait at a Table"), the latest from 1935 ("The Call of Death). Kollwitz is a remarkable artist, focusing on common people and self-portraits, with a strong social conscience and anti-war criticism (she lost her youngest son the first week of WWI). Her images are haunting, vividly showing the sense of loss, pain and anguish in her art - "Killed in Ac. of her charcoal drawings, etchings and lithography covering most of her artisitic life: the earliest work included here from 189"powerful and moving" according to doc peterson. I've always been drawn (pardon the pun) to German Expressionism, and by extension to the illustrations of Kathe Kollwitz. Zigrosser includes 8powerful and moving I've always been drawn (pardon the pun) to German Expressionism, and by extension to the illustrations of Kathe Kollwitz. Zigrosser includes 83 of her charcoal drawings, etchings and lithography covering most of her artisitic life: the earliest work included here from 1892 ("Greeting" and "Self-portrait at a Table"), the latest from 1935 ("The Call of Death). Kollwitz is a remarkable artist, focusing on common people and self-portraits, with a strong social conscience and anti-war criticism (she lost her youngest son the first week of WWI). Her images are haunting, vividly showing the sense of loss, pain and anguish in her art - "Killed in Ac. of her charcoal drawings, etchings and lithography covering most of her artisitic life: the earliest work included here from 1892 ("Greeting" and "Self-portrait at a Table"), the latest from 19powerful and moving I've always been drawn (pardon the pun) to German Expressionism, and by extension to the illustrations of Kathe Kollwitz. Zigrosser includes 83 of her charcoal drawings, etchings and lithography covering most of her artisitic life: the earliest work included here from 1892 ("Greeting" and "Self-portrait at a Table"), the latest from 1935 ("The Call of Death). Kollwitz is a remarkable artist, focusing on common people and self-portraits, with a strong social conscience and anti-war criticism (she lost her youngest son the first week of WWI). Her images are haunting, vividly showing the sense of loss, pain and anguish in her art - "Killed in Ac. 5 ("The Call of Death). Kollwitz is a remarkable artist, focusing on common people and self-portraits, with a strong social conscience and anti-war criticism (she lost her youngest son the first week of WWI). Her images are haunting, vividly showing the sense of loss, pain and anguish in her art - "Killed in Ac. ("Greeting" and "Self-portrait at a Table"), the latest from 19powerful and moving I've always been drawn (pardon the pun) to German Expressionism, and by extension to the illustrations of Kathe Kollwitz. Zigrosser includes 83 of her charcoal drawings, etchings and lithography covering most of her artisitic life: the earliest work included here from 1892 ("Greeting" and "Self-portrait at a Table"), the latest from 1935 ("The Call of Death). Kollwitz is a remarkable artist, focusing on common people and self-portraits, with a strong social conscience and anti-war criticism (she lost her youngest son the first week of WWI). Her images are haunting, vividly showing the sense of loss, pain and anguish in her art - "Killed in Ac. 5 ("The Call of Death). Kollwitz is a remarkable artist, focusing on common people and self-portraits, with a strong social conscience and anti-war criticism (she lost her youngest son the first week of WWI). Her images are haunting, vividly showing the sense of loss, pain and anguish in her art - "Killed in Ac. The Cover pretty much says it all Kaethe Kollwitz was an amazing artist and the cover of the book says pretty much all you need to know. She was very good with charcoal and used it and other media to create strong chiaroscuro without resorting to the flat photorealism of a lot of contemporary art.To see her draw is to understand that drawing can mean something very different from what Ingres meant: she is a real kick in the head to people whose only thought has been "finer crosshatching!"It's a good book at a good price. I might have wanted some explanation of what her goals were and how she approached them in drawing but you can't have everything.. Five Stars moogle310 Good book with large illustraions.
Over 69 of the illustrations have been rephotographed from the original works specially for this edition, and new techniques in photolithography and a larger format have resulted in reproductions that are as close as possible to the prints and drawings themselves.. "The People," in which a mother shields her offspring from phantoms of hate, poverty, and ignorance — and symbolizes woman as creator, begetter of the human race, link between past and future.These works represent the recurrent themes which most characterize the work of Käthe Kollwitz: social consciousness and a sense of the suffering of mankind, an urge to voice the basic maternal attitude, and a preoccupation with death. Kollwitz's development as a master of the graphic techniques of etching, woodcutting and lithography. "The Weavers," a landmark of class-conscious art, which depicts, in a series of prints, the plight of the worker and his age-long struggle to better his lot. She has been called a propagandist, a crusader, yet her art is essentially apolitical. These selections provide a full panorama of Mrs. Kollwitz's finest works, in